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Texas A&M Will Launch Hispanic Health Institute

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas A&M announced the creation of a Hispanic health institute aiming to boost Latino participation in clinical research trials — increasing its footprint in the Rio Grande Valley as rival University of Texas inaugurates a new medical school there. Unveiled at the state Capitol, the program will be the only one of […]

Agency Will Give Tribes Funds for HIV Prevention

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans will award up to $1 million in grants to tribes and organizations across the country in an effort to improve HIV prevention and care outcomes among tribal populations. The funding from the Indian Health Service will come in the form of […]

Federal Funds Target Native Americans in Cities

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Health programs serving Native Americans in Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque and Reno, Nevada, are among dozens of non-profits that have been awarded federal Indian Health Service grants. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency says the grants are meant to make healthcare more accessible to Native Americans living in […]

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Garden Plots Fill Need for Healthy Eating

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Lee Jennings looked through his office window and over the 3 acres of well-mowed grass and forest land outside. There was always something happening out there: Boy Scout and Girl Scout meetings, camp outs, cookouts. He got to thinking, “It’s land that is just mowed. Why not get more people involved […]

Medical Students Learning to Curb Opioid Abuse

WORCESTER, Mass. — At first, the woman tried to hide her painkiller problem. She told the doctor that she still had pain from her past pregnancy, and that she just wanted a refill on her pain medication. After a few questions, though, she admitted that a friend had sold her some OxyContin, and that she’d […]

Ohio Gerontology Center Gets $1.4 Million for Research

OXFORD, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $1.4 million research grant to a university’s gerontology center in southwestern Ohio. Miami University in Oxford says the money awarded to its Scripps Gerontology Center will be used for research on older learners and their ability to complete college programs. The center’s senior research […]

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WVU Gets $1.2 Million to Train Rural Nurses

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University School of Nursing is using a $1.2 million federal grant to train advance practice nursing students. The university says the three-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration will be used to implement the “Improving Nursing Scholarship, Practice, Innovation, Research and Education to Care for WV,” or INSPIRE […]

Camp Offers Options for Speech Deficits

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Bradyn Bennett stepped away from a game of bowling to introduce himself. Using an iPad, the 9-year-old Dixie Bee Elementary third-grader pressed a series of buttons to form a sentence, which an app verbalizes for him. “My name is Bradyn Bennett,” the program’s text-to-speech function announced. The conversation came as Bradyn […]

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Law Exempts Hair Braiders from Licensing and Sanitation Course

DES MOINES, Iowa — Two women challenging Iowa’s regulation on African-style hair braiding plan to drop a lawsuit they filed last year because of an upcoming change in state law, a move that highlights occupational licensing requirements around the country that research show can be burdensome to workers. The lawsuit filed in district court by […]

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Little Sex Ed, Stereotypes Could Lead to Health Risks, Family Planning Issues

Growing up, Jenely Sarette’s Filipino-American family didn’t talk about sex education, and when they did talk about sex, it was more of a warning than anything else. “In Asian-American families, including mine, sex isn’t talked about,” the 27-year-old Sarette told NBC News. “Rather, it’s more about instilling fear about sex. The only sex education I […]

VA Takes Steps to Prevent Suicides

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. —When he was 6, police caught Kindall Johnson trying to cross Sunshine Street by himself. The Marine-obsessed child had discovered the recruitment office, then located in the Elfindale Center. His mother, Kathy Davis, seemed to enjoy sharing that memory. “One night I’m cooking dinner and there was a knock at the door. It […]

Delays Push Waiting Patients to Buy Illegal Marijuana

SANTA FE, N.M. — Delays in renewing medical marijuana cards in New Mexico have grown so long that some seriously ill patients are resorting to purchasing marijuana on the black market, according to some patients and advocates. The state Department of Health says the backlog was caused by a surge in demand from new applicants, […]

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